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Medion UMPC RIM 1000: a first look
Reviews Medion has launched a second-generation Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) featuring a neat slide-out keyboard.
AMD eyeing netbooks with low-power chip?
News A presentation slide for a new AMD processor has turned up, perhaps signaling the company's future intention to spruce up its products for small notebooks and handheld devices.
Tags: Mobile processors, Notebooks and tablets, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Mobile, Chip, Notebook, phone, AMD Geode, graphics chip, performance
Intel beefs up portable PC push
News Despite tepid sales, the second generation of Ultra Mobile PCs will arrive this year, and next year they might run on Linux.
Tags: Personal Computers, Operating systems, Open source
Flash to be optimized for Intel, Nvidia netbooks
News Adobe has announced collaborations with Broadcom and Nvidia that will see high-definition Flash video technology tweaked for portable Web-surfing devices.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Graphics, Mobile processors, Media players, Adobe Systems Inc., Intel Corp., NVidia Corp., Broadcom Corp., Mobile Internet Device, Video
War of 300M devices will be won on software
News Software and content--not hardware--are key smartphone battlegrounds in the years ahead, as these devices become Web-centric and highly personalized mobile PCs, says report.
Tags: Handhelds, Smart phones, Web 2.0, Mobile, Smart Phone, ABI Research, Juniper Networks Inc., Mobile Internet Device, Internet Device, software
Xandros expands mobile device push
News A deal with Viyya Technologies aims to take advantage of the growing profile of Linux on mobile devices.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Notebooks and tablets, Browser, Xandros, Mobile, Mobile Internet Device, Internet Device, Mobile Device, software company, operating system
Nokia considers entering netbook market
News World's largest handset maker may be making a play for the netbook market, according to remarks the company CEO made at a press event.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Notebooks and tablets, Smart Phone, Cell Phone, Mobile Internet Device, Internet Device, computer, phone, PC
Intel partners with LG on mobile Internet devices
News Intel and LG will team up to build the first mobile Internet devices using a new chip made by Intel.
Tags: Handhelds, Mobile/Wireless, Processors, Mobile processors, Open source, Intel Corp., Mobile, Smart Phone, Device, Mobile Internet Device
Intel outsources Atom manufacturing to TSMC
News The deal forms part of what the two companies have described as a 'long-term' technology, design and intellectual property collaboration.
Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Manufacturing, Atom, Mobile Internet Device, Internet Device, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., processor, collaboration, Benefit
Intel demos ultra-mobile Moorestown
News Chipmaker claims new platform will use 10 times less idle power compared to first-generation MID platforms based on the Atom processor.
Tags: Mobile processors, Notebooks and tablets, Intel Corp., Mobile, Mobile Internet Device, Chip, Internet Device, Video, HSPA, processor
Freescale and ARM promise US$205 netbooks
News Freescale has unveiled an ARM-based, Ubuntu-toting netbook reference design, claiming it will bring cheap internet devices to the younger, more widget-centric generation.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Processors, ARM, Intel Corp., Ubuntu, processor, Microsoft Windows, power management, Internet, handset
SSDs: Nothing to fear but the hype
News The hard disk industry will not face a "disaster", says analyst, as solid state drives have limitations, including a steeper price and a limited number of writes.
Tags: Memory, Storage, Solid State Disk, Mobile, Seagate Technology LLC, International Data Corp., Storage, hard disk drive industry, Hard-disk Industry, hard drive
Time dotCom to roll out GPRS in December
News Time dotCom Bhd plans to roll out its a commercial general packet radio service (GPRS) network this December, according to managing director Halim Saad.
Nvidia chipset to challenge Atom and Nano
News With its Tegra line, Nvidia weighs into the same subnotebook-oriented market that is currently occupied by Intel's Atom and Via's Nano.
Tags: Mobile processors, Notebooks and tablets, Mobile, NVidia Corp., Touch Screen, ASUS, processor, subnotebook, handheld, Computex
Atom-based iPhone reportedly confirmed
News An Intel executive from its German operation has confirmed that Apple plans to introduce an iPhone featuring the Atom processor, a ZDNet Asia sister site reports.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile processors, Intel Corp., Mobile, Smart Phone, Intel Atom, processor, Munich, career, managing director
